Mining Engineer | Nickel West | FIFO — Perth CBD, Perth

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About BHP At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success. Come and be a part of this success. About Nickel West Nickel West is a fully integrated mine-to-market business. Our culture is rich with technical know-how, highly efficient and focused on innovation. The business employs over 2500 people from five operations across Western Australia comprising of nickel underground and open-cut mines, concentrators, a smelter and a refinery. We also have plans to expand our operations with new mines in the northern Goldfields and a large nickel sulphate plant in Kwinana. A member of the BHP Group, Nickel West is undergoing an exciting business transformation to become a globally significant supplier of battery materials to the electric vehicle market. Nickel West will soon become the world's largest producer of Nickel Sulphate, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries. As the world's largest producer of nickel briquettes and nickel powder, Nickel West is leading the new-energy revolution in Western Australia. Nickel West has an exciting future ahead. We invite you to join us at Nickel West as we seek to energise our future. About the Role We have a strong focus on finding individuals with the right values, leadership capability, and communication skills. Reporting to the Superintendent Planning, this opportunity will involve working on a variety of tasks to support the production scheduling team to ensure that efficiency and quality targets are met in a safe and timely manner. This position is a site-based role, from Perth, with responsibilities for: Serving as the conduit between planning, operations and other key stakeholders, providing technical guidance and support that enables both the schedule and execution thereof Utilising sound judgment in the application of inputs to effectively schedule production activities in alignment with the daily and weekly mine plans Ensuring all schedules and designs consider practicality, productivity and safety considerations, and work packs are created and adequately communicated to mine operations Driving our safety culture through quality field leadership Ensuring sound engagement of key stakeholders both with regards to gathering plan inputs and the communication of plan outputs Undertaking analytics and identifying improvement opportunities About You We are looking for someone with the desire to learn and be exposed to all facets of mine planning and production engineering roles. This is an excellent development opportunity with sound support structures in place to facilitate learning and development through roles. You will have access to technology that will enable you to work flexibly, which is key to BHP's success in addressing the requirements of a diverse workforce. Competitive salaries and 12% superannuation along with a range of company benefits are available. Desirable Skills: A tertiary qualification in Mining Engineering (or related discipline) is desirable but not mandatory Experience in mine design and scheduling would be highly advantageous Diverse experience in engineering, scheduling, operations or CAD design within related industries such as processing, civil, transport or logistics industries will be viewed favourably Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills are required to influence stakeholders in the delivery of positive business outcomes Mine planning software skills (Vulcan, XACT, Alastri), desirable not essential A C class drivers licence Location Nickel West Mt Keith is located 460 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in the Northern Goldfields. Nickel West Mt Keith is a surface mining operation with multiple open pits and a concentrator plant. The operation is surrounded by pastoral stations, with the nearest townships being Leinster and Wiluna. There's plenty to keep you entertained in the Mt Keith Village. Take the heat off the day and head to the pool - or join in any number of social activities. Employees commute to and from Perth on a fly in / fly out roster or form regional areas on a drive in / drive out roster. About Our Process At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal. Supporting a Diverse Workforce The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity. BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusionbhp.com.